Message from the Director

Welcome to the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, one of the premier university
automotive research centers in the world. I am proud to lead a group of over 300 staff and
researchers in addressing some of today’s most pressing challenges. Together with our
government and industry partners, we are developing solutions to enhance transportation
safety, improve vehicle efficiency, increase the productivity of our workforce, and enable
a brighter future.

CAVS is a strong partner at the state, national, and international level; with academic
partnerships in place across multiple continents, we form collaborations which help us work
smarter, faster, and more efficiently. Through the Institute for Systems Engineering
Research (ISER), co-located with the US Army’s Engineering Research and Development Center
in Vicksburg, MS, CAVS serves our national interests with expertise in systems engineering
and big data management. CAVS Extension arm has a 15-year history of enhancing our state’s
manufacturing operations and aiding economic development, and the Institute for Imaging
and Analytical Technologies (I2AT) provides cutting-edge services to industry across the
region.

We welcome you to tour our website, learning more about the exciting things that we are
doing at CAVS and at Mississippi State University.

Mission Statement

CAVS strives to be a world-class center of excellence for research, technology and
education equipped to address engineering challenges facing US mobility industries.
Utilizing high performance computational resources and state-of-the-art analytical tools
for modeling, simulation, and experimentation, CAVS will provide a distinctive,
interdisciplinary environment wherein next-generation engineers and scientists train
alongside field experts to investigate, design, and verify novel solutions in materials,
propulsion, and design for efficient human and vehicle mobility. Harnessing our broad
impact research along with our state, national, and international industrial alliances,
CAVS will support economic development and outreach activities throughout the State of
Mississippi.